If you’re new to campus, or maybe just interested in getting more involved on campus, Mercer University has several arts-related student organizations you can get involved in.
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University Choir: The Townsend School of Music has several choral ensembles, some of which are audition-based. But ...

For Mercer’s newcomers, the city of Macon has plenty to discover, especially from an artistic standpoint. Read on to find how you can get in on the scene.
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Macon has a storied history in the world of music, with bragging rights as an influential home to music legends like Otis Redding, Li...

Mercer University will be hosting the senior art exhibit at the Tubman Museum in downtown Macon from April 27 through May 12.
The exhibit will feature artwork in a variety of mediums from both the graphic design students and the fine art students. Ranging from vibrant skateboards to bar branding,...

The Plunkett Gallery in Hardman Hall at Mercer University will have its current exhibit called “Emerging Forms” up until Friday, March 23.
The work in the exhibit was created by still life photographer Whitney Ott who graduated from Mercer University in 2008 as an English literature major with a p...

Emily Brewer remembers painting in the kitchen with her grandmother at their family home in Ohio.
Both her grandparents are painters and owned a hobby store near where they lived.
Getting paid in quarters, as Brewer puts it, she worked in the family arts shop rearranging and dusting products.
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The classic Nutcracker ballet has taken over the Macon Museum of Arts and Science annual Festival of Trees.
The largest fundraiser for the museum is celebrating its 31st year.
Festival of Trees will be on display at the museum on 4182 Forsyth Road until Jan. 14.
The exhibit is a collection...

The mural spans the length of Indigo Salon on the edge of Mercer Village on Coleman Avenue.
It is made up of vibrant hues of purple and blue spray paint, highlighted with white, shaded in black.
In the center stands Martin R. Delany, who served as the first African-American field grade officer in ...

On Saturday October 7, the Centenary Macon Church will hold its second annual Artrepreneur Market for local Macon artists to post booths selling their wares.
The market will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on College Street. They will also have a lunch of homemade soup and sandwiches.
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